Safety-pendant for watches



(Ho-Model.)

G. S. HIRST. Safety Pendant for Watches.

Patented Dec. 14, I880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. HIRST, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY-PENDANT FOR WATCH ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,529, dated December14, 1880.

Application filed November 5, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES S. HIRsT, acitizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in SafetyPendants for \Vatches, which improvement is fullyset forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l is a view of a watch having my invention applied to it.Fig.2 is a section of the portion thereof embodying my invention. Figs.3 and 4 are detached views thereof. Fig. 5 is a side view of the partsseparated. Fig. 6 is a view of a modification.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention has for its object the secure or safe attachment of thering and pendant of a watch, whereby the separation of the body of thewatch and ring by wrenching or violence is prevented.

The invention consists in constructing the ends of the rings wherebythey are retained within the pendant without affecting the usualservices of the ring, or how, as it is generally termed.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a watch of usual form andconstruction, and B G the pendant and ring or how thereof, respectively.

The pendant is formed in sections a a, on the inner face of each ofwhich, at opposite sides, are depressions, cavities, or sockets b, whichare larger, wider, or deeper, or of greater diameters than the sideopenings, h, each of which and the adjacent socket being incommunication; and the ends of the how 0 are constructed with bulbs,enlargements, swells or heads 0, which are adapted to enter said socketsI), the heads and sockets being spherical, oval, angular, T, or otherdesired shapes, the socket of each section receiving one-half of a headof the bow.

When the bow is placed in position on one section of the pendant, theother section of the latter is fitted on the ends of the bow and thefirst-named section, each pair of sockets forming a complete socket forone end of the bow, which, it will be noticed, is at the innertermination of the side opening, and so within the body of the pendant.The two sections are then soldered or otherwise firmly connectedtogether as one, and the ends of the bow, as embedded within the pendantand larger than the side openings of the pendant, are rendered incapableof leaving the sockets b, and, consequently, of displacement from thependant, the usual swinging motions of the bow not being prevented, andfastening screws, pins, or other devices being dispensed with.

It will be seen that the bow is securely and reliably attached to thependant, and the separation of said parts by wrenching, as oftenpracticed by pickpockets, and by violence, when chains are jerkedorcaugh t, is prevented, the safety of the watch thus being insured.

In lieu of forming the pendant in two longitudinal or vertical sections,the same may be constructed by removing a piece, (I, as in Fig. 6,drilling sockets on the bottom of the cutaway piece and upper or exposedwall of the base of the space, applying the how so that its ends enterthe sockets on said wall, then inserting the piece (I and soldering orotherwise rigidly securing the latter to the body of the pendant.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The improved connection for the pendant and bow of a watch,consisting of thependant

